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rogue_reptiles
at Fri Jan 1 15:42:15 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rogue_reptiles ]
I saw below that John Cherry posted a response to a weeks old thread about melanistic thayeri. If you haven't read the thread about melanistics from 2+ years ago on this forum, I'll put a link below.
In that old thread it was theorized that there were or are two different lines of melanistic thayeri in existence. One line that is fairly unpredictable (What John Cherry has) and one line that seems to following a simple recessive pattern (like some of the early w/c thayeri were reported to do).
The animals that followed the simple recessive trait were thought to no longer exist. At the bottom of that thread, Burnsy (Gerritt) mentions that there is a German line that is simple recessive and Shannon indicates that he is awaiting delivery of some of those from Gerritt. Putting two and two together, I assume that these are the animals John L. has posted here. I'm really interested in seeing the results from that breeding project to see if they do follow a simple recessive pattern.
I would like to here some from Shannon, Burnsy, John L. about how that line was traced to Lemke. I'm not doubting anything, I like many of you, like to collect info on lines.
I would also like to know any history on any of the other existing melanistic lines. John Cherry talked a bit about his stock on the old thread.
For my part, I picked up a pair of '08 melanistic thayeri from Larry Briggs (Rock Canyon Ranch) when he offered a few pairs for sale. I quizzed Larry a bit about the background of his stock and got few specifics from that conversation. He said he had a very old male melanistic and had bred it to a female melanistic and a female buckskin leonis. He also said that his melanistic X melanistic pairing produced all melanistics. I never learned where his stock came from. I consider them "unknown" or generics.
Can anyone else share any knowledge on theirs? Lance where are yours from?
Greg
Old melanistic thayeri thread
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 Melanistic thayeri revisted - rogue_reptiles, Fri Jan 1 15:42:15 2010
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